Euroscaptor Miller 1940

Euroscaptor Miller 1940, J. Mammal., 21: 443.

Type Species: Talpa klossi Thomas 1929

Synonyms: Eoscalops Stroganov 1941 .

Species and subspecies: 6 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Euroscaptor grandis Miller 1940

Species Euroscaptor klossi (Thomas 1929)

Species Euroscaptor longirostris (Milne-Edwards 1870)

Species Euroscaptor micrura (Hodgson 1841)

Species Euroscaptor mizura (Gunther 1880)

Subspecies Euroscaptor mizura subsp. mizura Gunther 1880

Subspecies Euroscaptor mizura subsp. othai Imaizumi 1955

Species Euroscaptor parvidens Miller 1940

Discussion: Corbet (1978 c:32), and subsequent work, included Euroscaptor in Talpa while Russian and Japanese authors retained it as a genus; most recently Abe et al. (1991). Species allocations and limits are tentative.